This reader draws together recent and newly commissioned papers to show how the communicative method of language teaching has developed, what its research justification is and how it can be most effectively used in the classroom.

Introduction Part 1: 1.The historical ball and chain 2.Modern Languages: 20 years of change Part 2: 3.The Communicative Approach to Language Teaching: An Introduction 4.The communicative approach and authentic texts 5.De l'imparfait du subjonctif aux methodes communicatives 6.Communication: sense and nonsense 7.Mistakes are the mistake Part 3: 8.Differentiation in the Foreign Language Classroom 9.Autonomy in language learning 10.Extending opportunities: Modern Foreign Languages for pupils with special educational needs 11.Learning, acquiring, remembering and producing language 12. Getting Pupils talking 13. Teaching grammar in the target language, 14. Why do I have to get it right anyway? 15.Raising Reading Attainment in Modern Languages Part 4: 16.A la recherche du sylo perdu 17.Drama techniques in language teaching 18.Approche communicative: un second souffle 19.Role Activities in The Foreign Language Classroom